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Southern Railway Ps-4's in action
10/23/2009
In the Winter 2009 issue of Classic Trains, a man recalls how, as a young boy, he had an encounter with Southern's legendary Ps-4 Pacifics at Danville, Va. Also, Smithsonian Institution Transportation Curator Bill Withuhn tells how a Ps-4 became the symbol of the golden age of steam railroading at the National Museum of American History. View clips here from the Herron Rail Video collection of Ps-4's in service.

Video Extra: SP cab-forwards in action
07/23/2009
In the Fall 2009 issue of Classic Trains, three retired SP firemen recall working on the legendary cab-forward 4-8-8-2's. See full-color clips of cab-forwards at work from the Herron Rail Video program "Southern Pacific Classic Steam, Vol. 1."

Video Extra: Action at Omaha Union Station
07/23/2009
In the Fall 2009 issue of Classic Trains, one of the "Bird's-Eye View" aerial photos shows Omaha's Union Station and Burlington Station, and "Classics Today" examines Union Station's preservation as The Durham Museum. See full-color clips of action at Omaha's neighboring passenger terminals from the Herron Rail Video program "Union Pacific Streamliners and Classic Steam."

Video extra: Pennsylvania Railroad GG1's in action
04/24/2009
In the Summer 2009 issue of Classic Trains, we celebrate Pennsy's incomparable GG1 electric. Here, from the Herron Rail Video [www.herronrail.com] program "Pennsy's Racetrack," are scenes of PRR GG1's in action during the 1940s, '50s, and '60s.

Video extra: Penn Central, Amtrak, and Conrail GG1's in action
04/24/2009
In the Summer 2009 issue of Classic Trains, we celebrate the incomparable GG1 electric. Developed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the G's kept working for 15 years after the PRR's demise. Here, from the Herron Rail Video [www.herronrail.com] program "Pennsy's Racetrack," are scenes of PC, Amtrak, and Conrail GG1's in action during the late 1960s and 1970s.